Every #1 draft pick in WWE history: Where are they now?

#7 Rene Dupree

When was Rene Dupree drafted at #1?

Unlike the 2002 draft, which saw Ric Flair and Vince McMahon rank Superstars from most wanted to least wanted, the 2004 draft had a different format, with RAW GM Eric Bischoff and SmackDown GM Paul Heyman drawing names at random to find out who would be on their brands for the foreseeable future.

La Resistance member Rene Dupree, a 20-year-old up-and-comer at the time, was the first name to be drawn by Heyman, while Shelton Benjamin was the first person to be drafted to RAW.

Most fans will remember Dupree for his success early on in his career, as he burst onto the WWE scene as a 19-year-old in 2003 and quickly won the World Tag Team Championship with Sylvain Grenier, making him the youngest holder of a title in WWE history (the record is now held by Nicholas).

Where is Rene Dupree in 2019?

After leaving WWE in 2007, Rene Dupree began working for various wrestling promotions including Hustle, All Japan Wrestling and Wrestle-1.

Now aged 35, the Canadian has competed in lots of matches for Japanese company Wrestle-1 over the last month, with his latest match coming on October 7 in a six-man tag team defeat against Kaz Hayashi, Manabu Soya & Shuji Kondo.